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Subject: Re: ebXML, Hutchinson Holdings, Terror Threats and Container Shipment Tracking
David, I have already talked with the technology group over at the Department of Homeland Security about using Linux ebXML. This is an excellent example. Good work. I will pass this along to them. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 21:44:42 -0400 To: "eGov OASIS" <egov@lists.oasis-open.org> Subject: ebXML, Hutchinson Holdings, Terror Threats and Container Shipment Tracking > I just saw the peice on 60 Minutes tonight - where the CEO of Hutchinson, who had > 44% of container traffic worldwide - is desperately looking for support from > governments to help turn around the current vulnerability situation. Having been > ignored here in the USA. > > Container shipment, EDI and XML is something I know a good deal about having > worked on various US Customs initiatives and commercial implementations. > This includes the metrics of interdiction of contraband shipments through the > use of advanced AI technologies looking at those shipment patterns. > > This looks like a golden opportunity to leverage the ebXML Hermes ebMS as-is > today - to provide a ubquitous and low-cost solution. Hermes ebMS is already > doing Dangerous Good manifesting for Hong Kong (the world's busiest port) - > and I've done a technical evaluation of that code base - that shows it is well > suited to task for the typical Java based small shop. > > I'm currently working on enhancing Hermes to include CPA management with > ebXML Registry and jCAM templates for content validation of payloads for > a different application. > > OSDL is working on adding ebXML to LINUX. > > This is all low-budget stuff right now. If people are really serious about coping > and responding to the terror threat of Trojan containers - time now to put a > task force in place to take this excellent jump start of an enhanced Hermes > and deploying it world-wide to provide a container tracking system. > > If Hutchinson jump started this - with help from Governments in Asia, Europe > and US - this could be easily rolled out aggressively over the next 18 months > to include a massive chunk of the worlds container traffic. Notice - the more > you automate the high volume shippers - the more time you have to devote > to the potential detection of rogue shipments. > > Is this TC up for creating a SC urgently to looking into this and if so what > governments will supply staff to analysize the tracking needs and come > up with a plan that combines early lightweight rapid deployment of > basic functionality - to be followed by increasingly sophisticated > aspects from there? Can we count of Hong Kong to help orchestrate > this with Hutchinson? > > A blue-print for this is possibly this document: > > http://ebxmlbook.com/Benefits%20of%20ebXML.pdf > > Yesterdays events in North Korea need only serve here to remind of > the urgency. > > Thanks, DW > Patrick Hogan Sino Technologies Corp. (408)569-0973 http://www.sinotechnologies.com
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